Outcome Based Learning: A case study

In recent years an engineer or technocrat graduated from any country is expected to provide his/her services to any location of the globe for the betterment of mankind. In this respect it has become necessary that an engineering graduate possesses a set of skills which encompass technical knowledge, practical skills and right attitude. Every educational program defines its program educational objectives (PEOs) and program outcomes (POs)/course outcomes (COs) which spell out the capabilities that a graduated and graduating engineer should have respectively. In this regard, an Outcome Based Learning (OBL) has become an accepted philosophy in technical educational institutes. This paper discusses the basics of OBL and presents a case study carried out for one of the courses of ETC program for the attainment of desired POs through spelled out COs. The study clearly indicates that a focused teaching-learning process and an appropriate assessment has led to attainment of expected POs to a level of more than 70%.